Awards of Excellence Recipients 2025
Congratulations to all of this year's Awards of Excellence recipients!
We are delighted to announce the 2025 winners. Click on each linked name to read more about each of these remarkable U of T students, faculty and staff members. More links to recipient announcements and citations will be added in the coming days. Check back for updates!
Faculty & staff winners:
Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award
Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier, Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize – Influential Leader
Professor John Borrows, Faculty of Law
Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award
Professor Mayo Moran, Faculty of Law
Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award
Dr. Eleanor Weisbaum, New College, Faculty of Arts & Science and Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Northrop Frye Award
CFL e-Platform for Beginner French, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough
Professor Snejina Sonina
Matthew Lefaive
Beryl Tang
Jill Matus Award for Excellence in Student Services
Kimberly Elias-Cartwright, Division of Student Life, St. George
Ryan Woolfrey, University College, Faculty of Arts & Science
Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Emerging Leader
Estelle Oliva-Fisher, Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Distinguished Leader
Cheryl L. Milne, David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, Faculty of Law
Chancellor’s Leadership Award – Distinguished Leader
Diego Lupallier, Grounds & Caretaking Operations, University of Toronto Scarborough
President’s Excellence Award – Emerging Excellence
Erin Macnab, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science
President’s Excellence Award – Distinguished Excellence
Kurtis Scissons, Innovations & Partnerships Office, Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation
President’s Excellence Award – Influential Excellence
David Newman, Office of the Vice-Provost, Students, Division of the Vice-President & Provost
Student winners:
Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award
Mohammadamir (Amir) Ghasemian Moghaddam, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
UTAA Graduate Scholars
Otuto Amarauche Chukwu, Institutes of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Nicholas Grubic, Department of Public Health Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Robert Xiaxuan Lao, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
John H. Moss Scholarship
Shane Joy, Victoria College, Faculty of Arts & Science
UTAA Scholars
Luis Sanchez Blanco, Trinity College, Faculty of Arts & Science
Helen Li, Victoria College, Faculty of Arts & Science
Youness Robert-Tahiri, Woodsworth College, Faculty of Arts & Science
Surabie Sivandendran, University of Toronto Scarborough
Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize – Emerging Leader
Shernett Auld, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize – Emerging Leader
Yvonne Grace Chan, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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